Thursday 27th November 2008
Limbo 1st Birthday Party with special guests Michachu + A-lix + Dead Boy Robotics + X-Lion Tamer
Limbo sets out to bring you consistently great live music in a well produced environment.
More info at: http://black-spring.com/limbo/
Micachu is a young lady from London who performs live with two friends on drums, percussion, keys, electronics and backing vox. Her music is raw, edgy, energetic and experimental (but in an accessible, pop way), with a humourous lyrical aspect giving it additional character. There's a lot of hype currently building around Micachu and her live shows are primarily responsible but, with such original material on her myspace and early signs from the debut album (due in early 2009) sounding so good, it's with good reason.
A-lix is a He and a She with a drum machine and 2 guitars with electro power and pop-punk energy. The band released their album Never Grow earlier this summer and have already attracted attention from Xfm Scotland and BBC Radio 1 Scotland. Critics have raved about their 'energy, enthusiasm and a dash of style.' The half French, half Argentinian duo are currently causing a storm on the Glasgow's live scene and recently played an unforgettable set at this year's Hydro Connect festival. This is the first time A-lix is performing in Edinburgh!
DEAD BOY ROBOTICS are one of the most exciting acts to have emerged in Edinburgh in the last eighteen months. Undoubtedly bound for a bright, sparkly future, they mix the electronic/dance style of acts such as Nathan Fake and James Holden (Border Community) with the avant-punk aesthetic of Liars and sound like no one else in Scotland, let alone the UK, right now. They've got energy by the bucket-load, heavily disotorted vocals all adding up to edgy sounds that re searingly close to the bone. They also form part of Meursault's Bear Scotland (label) collective, with Meursault main man Neil Pennycook providing production duties on recent recordings by the band.Kind of like The Mae Shi and Crystal Castles mixed in to a dirty electro mess.' (An Emergency – band’s blog)
Their oh-so-ironic yelping and synth-prodding wankery is head-splitting to say the least' (The Skinny)
call-and-response broken-beat synth-punk at splintering decibels’ (press release for recent Versus gig at the Wee Red Bar)
More info at http://www.myspace.com/deadboyrobotics
More info at http://www.brothers-grimm.co.uk
Under the name of X-Lion Tamer, Edinburgh-based artist Tony Taylor likes to create pop songs described as 'the ending credits of low budget teen movies played on your mates Amiga'. Like a John Hughes film, if Erasure and Junior Boys had been asked to do the music.Signed to 17 Seconds records, X-Lion Tamer's profile has risen considerably over the past few months, supporting artists such Unicorn Kid and labelmates Aberfeldy, and receiving national radio play from the likes of Rob Da Bank and Vic Galloway on Radio One.
X-Lion Tamer's live shows give him the opportunity to play his trademark electro-pop while also twisting it in and out of shape, often improvising and occasionally dropping a huge guitar solo into the mix.
His Neon Hearts E.P. has been recently released to critical acclaim and is available to buy from Rough Trade in London, or Avalanche in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
More info at http://myspace.com/xliontamer
From 8.30pm in The Ballroom. Admission £5 / £4.
